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Roman Catholic Diocese of Qinzhou

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Country
  
China

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Metropolitan
  
Lanzhou

Area
  
45,000 km²

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 1950) 2,500,000 8,548 (0.3%)

Cathedral
  
Dongguan Cathedral in Tianshui

Bishop
  
John Baptist Wang Ruo-han

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lanzhou

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Qinzhou/Tsínchow/Tianshui (Latin: Zinceuven(sis), Chinese: 秦州, 天水) is a diocese located in the city of Qinzhou in the Ecclesiastical province of Lanzhou in China.

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History

  • April 28, 1905: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Kansu 甘肅南境 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Kan-su 甘肅
  • March 8, 1922: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Eastern Kansu 甘肅東境
  • December 3, 1924: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Qinzhou 秦州
  • April 11, 1946.04.11: Promoted as Diocese of Qinzhou 秦州

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Qinzhou 秦州 (Roman rite)
  • Bishop John Baptist Wang Ruo-han (August 19, 2011 - present)
  • Acting Bishop John Baptist Wang Ruo-han (July 24, 2003 - August 19, 2011)
  • Bishop Casimir Wang Mi-lu (January 28, 1981 - July 24, 2003)
  • Bishop Peter G. Grimm, O.F.M. Cap. (April 21, 1949 – November 17, 1959)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Qinzhou 秦州 (Roman Rite)
  • Bishop Salvador-Pierre Walleser (March 28, 1922 – January 1, 1946)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Southern Kansu 甘肅南境 (Roman Rite)
  • Fr. Costante Daems, C.I.C.M. (1914–1922)
  • Bishop Everardo Ter Laak, C.I.C.M. (1905 – May 6, 1914)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Qinzhou Wikipedia
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